Mechanical walking soldier with shooting gun



M. GEISER July 25, 1939.

MECHANICAL WALKING SOLDIER WITH SHOOTING GUN Filed Sept. 25, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ma/lvz 'n/a/ Ge: .5 er

A tiorneys July 25, 1939. M. GEISER MECHANICAL WALKING SOLDIER WITH SHOOTING GUN Filed Sept. 23, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 z w. s 4 44 9 8 n/ 5 /Z 2 3 4 T. r 7 M6 7 9/ 3 5m 3 3 w 4]fi I 5 1 3 7 I 3? I J 7/ 6|- |\i\ 4 fi/ 6 MAJ I 3 e co l 31 \7 6 0 6 a 6 6 w 5 x 0 0 3 3 A iiorneys July 25, 1939. M, GEISER 2,167,042

MECHANICAL WALKING SOLDIER WITH SHOOTING GUN Filed Sept. 25, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor A iiorne ys July 25, 1939. GElSER 2,167,042

' MECHANICAL WALKING SOLDIER WITH SHOOTING GUN Filed Sept. 25, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 i I I i I Inventor jlivz'zaa/ dezlser By 2mm A fiorneys Patented July 25, 1939 MECHANICAL WALKING SOLDIER- WITH SHOOTING GUN ltfalvina Geiser, St. Louis, Mo.

Application September 21?, 1938, Serial No. 102,180

2 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in sound producing toys of the figure type.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a figure toy constructed in such a manner as to simulate in action a walking soldier.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a figure toy provided with means whereby as it is pushed will in action simulate the motion of walking, while at the same time producing a noise in sound similar to that of firing a gun.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents aside elevational view of the toy with the handle broken away.

Figure 2 represents a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the mechanism of the toy.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the mechanismof the toy,

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the cap firing mechanism of the y.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Figure 'l is a perspective view of one of the sliders.

Figure 8 represents a perspective view of the slider complementary to the slider shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the cap strip feeder.

Figure 10 is a top plan view of the legs attachins frame.

Figure 11 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view through the lower portion of the mechanism frame.

Figure 12 is a top plan view of the rockable p.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the trip shown in Figure 12.

Figure 14 is a perspective view of a rockabie plate.

Figure 15 is a top plate.

Figure 16 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the upper portion of one of the legs.

Figure 17 is a front elevational view fragmentarily showing the upper portion of one of the legs.

Referring to the drawings wherein nuplan view af the rockable merals designate like parts, it can be seen that the toy consists of the outer shell generally referred to by numeral 5 and which consists of the torso 6, the rigidly connected head I and arms 8 supporting the dummy gun 9. Numerals Iii-l I represent the left and right legs. A side portion of the torso 6 is provided with an opening through which access can be had to the cap roll or spool therefor and associated mechanism and this opening is normally closed by the door l2.

An elongated handle I! inclining from the back of the figure is employed for moving the toy.

The internal mechanism of the toy consists of the frame generally referred to by numeral ll (see Figure 3). This frame consists of the back portion l5 and the side portions lO-ll.

As is clearly shown in Figure 11, a spaced wall structure It extends inwardly from the back wall H to define a pair of pockets in which the upper ends of the legs Ill-ll are secured in place. The B side portions It-i'l of the frame ll are provided with vertical slots 2' as are the side portions of the wall structure II and through these slots as well as the upper portions of the legs ll-ll are disposed the pins 2|, these pins being also dis- 2 posed through the yokes 22-42 of the legs ll-l I. Between the side portions of the frame It is rockably supported the plate 24, which as shown in Figure 14 is of substantially Z-shape, the intermediate portion at its upper edge being provided with the V-shaped cut-away portion 25. The plate 24 is provided with the horizontally disposed finger 26 which by pin and slot connection 21 is attached to the lower end of the link 28, the upper end of the link 28 being pivotally connected as at 29 to the underlying end of the rockable trip 20.-

The plate 24 is provided with a depending leg M which is connected by the pivotal link 32 to the upper end of the leg ll.

The upper end of the leg II is connected by the pivotal link 33 to the lower end of the rocker 34, the upper end of the rocker 34, which is mounted on the bracket 35, being connected to the remaining depending leg I. of the plate 24 (see Figure 2) by a link 33'. v

The rod 31 extending upwardly from the yoke 22 is plvotaliy attached to the underlying end .of the rockable trip 30 at 2!, which end of the trip is connected by a link 21' to the cap strip feeder, generally referred to by numeral 38. (See Fig. 9). This feeder consists of the side plate 48 having the rightangularly disposed wall 4|. The plate 40 is provided with a laterally disposed portion 42 to which the strip spring 43 is secured as As suggested in Figure 1, the cap strip 41 is applied to' the toy in the form of a roll as shown in Figure l and is placed on a small spool or the like Just inside of the door i2. This strip is fed upwardly between the spring 43 and the wall 4i and upwardly further between the front wall of the frame l4 and the hammer head 40. This hammer head 44 is secured to the upper end of the inverted L-shaped hammer structure 49, the

lower end of which is pivotally secured to the frame N as at 54. A pin ll pivotally connects the intermediate portion of this hammer 49 to the forward end of the slider 52 and a spring I3 coiled on the anchor pin 54 at its free end bears against the pin ii for normally holding the ham-' mer head 44 against the cap strip 41.

As is shown in Figure 6, a pair of pins "-56 extend inwardly of the frame from the side wall I! and also through the slot 51 of the slider 52 and slider 54. These sliders 52 are provided with interlapping end portions each of which is provided with the depending shoulder' portion 69 into which the adjacent end of the slot Bl is disposed as at 44.

A small plate I having a V-notch 62 therein is secured to the remaining end of the slider 58 and into this eng the free end of the spring 63 which is coiled on the anchor pin 84. .This serves to keep the adjacent end of the slider 58 inabutment with the lug I on the frame.

It can be seen in Figure 2, that the rod 46 extending upwardly from the yoke 22 of the leg It is connected to the opposite or remaining end of the rockable trip 24 as at 61, the trip being fulcrumed as; at 44 at which point the trip 30 is provided with the pair of upstanding spaced teeth "-14 for alternate engagement and disengagement with the shoulders 59-". of the sliders 42-".

To keep the sliders 52-58 spaced from each other on the pins EH6, spacing members II are provided on these pins and between the said sliders.

Furthermore, a spring member 12 extends from one side wall of the frame l4 to bear downwardly on the upper portion of one of the sliders 52, while a second spring member 13 projects from the opposite side wall to bear downwardly on the remaining slider.

In the normal position of the parts one or the other of the legs l0, ii, occupies axlowermost position in the frame l4, the trip 30 having been rocked clockwise, as shown in-Fig. 2, into the limit of its movement in that direction, or, counterclockwise into the limit of its movement inthis reverse direction, said trip in the describedother leg is inclined rearwardly.

InFlgs.2an'd3theleg ll hasbeenshownas occupying its lowermost and forward position in which it is, ineifect, the longer.

The operation will now be described starting swings the leg ll rearwardly on itspin 2| thereby pulling links 22 forwardly and rocking the plate 24 counterclockwise. Plate 24, through the pin;

and slot connection and the link 28 swings the trip 30 counterclockwise on its fulcrum 68. Trip 30' lifts rod 31 and lowers rod 66, thereby lifting leg ii in the frame l4 and lowering leg Ill. Simultaneously with rearward swinging of the leg i I and lifting thereof. leg i0 is swung forward as it is lowered, the described swinging of the plate 24 effecting this operation through the links Ii, rocker 34, and link 32. Leg l0 now bears on the ground and leg II is lifted in the frame l4 and inclined rearwardly. During the counterclockwise movement of the trip 30, the link 31 pushes the strip feeder I9 upwardly to correspondingly feed the caps 41 and to position a. cap

in front of the hammer head 48. coincidentally with the caps positioning operation, the tooth 69 on the trip 30, engaging shoulder portion 59.

on the slider 52, is swung to retract said slider 52, thereby retracting the hammer head 48 against the tension of the spring 53, said tooth 69 wiping past said shoulder portion 59 thereby releasing said hammer head for striking movement under the influence of the spring 53. The hammer head 48 in its striking movement returns the slider 52 to advanced position as will be clear. The reaction of the spring 52 tensions the slider 52, trip and leg ll against'the described movements thereof until the slider 52 is released. During the described swinging of 'the trip 30 and the tooth 69, the tooth i0 is swung against the depending shoulder. portion 59 of slider 58 rocking the same counterclockwise on the pin-55, the slot 60 in said slider 58 permitting such swinging. and against the tension of the springs l2, 12 until said tooth l0 wipes past said:

rearward movement first by the spring 63 and second by the springs I2, II. The leg iii is now swung rearwardly on its pin 2| in the same manner as described with reference to leg Ii. Such swinging-0f the leg ill pulls link 33 forwardly thereby swinging rocker I4 counter-clockwise. Rocker pulls link J3 rearwardly and returns plate 24 clockwise to starting position. Plate 24, through link 32, swings leg ll forwardly and through link 28 rocks trip 30 clockwise to starting position. Trip ll, through link 31,-lowers leg H and through link 66 lifts leg Ill andsimultaneously, through link 31', lowers trip feeder 39. Tooth ll pulls slider 58 forwardly against the tension of the spring 62 during which operation tooth 6Q wipes under shoulder portion 59 of slider swinging the same upwardly on fulcrum 56,

the slot 64 in sliderl2 permitting this operation, and slider 82 lifts slider 52 upwardly on fulcrum II, the slot 44 in slider 54 permitting this operation. This lifting of slider 54 permits the tooth III to disengage shoulder portion 59 thereof and swing under the same. As soon-as tooth 69 wipes past shoulder portion 5!, on slider I2, the latter together with the slider 58 are returned downwardly by the springs 12, 13 and tooth 69 snaps in front of shoulder portion 59 on slider 52. As soon as tooth l0 disengages shoulder portion 59 of slider 58, the latter returns backward into engagement with lug under the action of the spring 63 to its normal position. The parts are now in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 with the leg ll again positioned for operation as previously described.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a toy having the form of a human figure, a torso part, a handle extending rearwardly from the torso part for propelling the figure along the ground, a pair of legs adapted to be engaged with the ground, means to mount said legs on the torso part for alternate swinging movement rearwardly by engagement with the ground, and for independent lengthwise movement upwardly and downwardly relative to the torso part comprising axis members vertically slidable on said torso part, means operative by rearward swinging of one leg to swing the other leg forwardly and including a rocker, and means operative by said rocker to move the rearwardly swinging leg upwardly and the forwardly swinging leg downwardly simultaneously with such swinging thereof and including a lever pivoted intermediate its ends, a pair of rods operatively connecting opposite ends of said lever to said legs respectively,

and detonator mechanism operative under control of said lever.

2. In a toy having the form of a human figure, a torso part, a handle extending rearwardly from the torso part for propelling the figure along the ground, a pair of legs adapted to be engaged with the ground, means to mount said legs on the torso part for alternate swinging movement rearwardly by engagement with the ground, and for independent lengthwise movement upwardly and downwardly relative to the torso part comprising axis members vertically slidable on said torso part, means operative =by rearward swinging of one leg to swing the other leg forwardly and including a rocker, means operative by said rocker to move the rearwardly swinging leg upwardly and the forwardly swinging leg downwardly simultaneously with such swinging thereof and including a lever pivoted intermediate its ends, a pair of rods operatively connecting opposite ends of said lever to said legs, respectively, a hammer for impacting caps, and a slide for feeding strips of caps to the hammer, said hammer and slide being operative under control of said lever alternately.

MALVINA GEISEER. 

